Failing Grades: The Current State of Student Privacy Resources
Litigation - EPIC v. Department of Education, Civ. Action No. 12-00327(ABJ) (D.D.C.)(EPIC's challenge to the Education Department's 2011 FERPA regulations)
EPIC FTC Complaint on Protecting Student Data - In the Matter of Scholarships.com, LLC
Student Privacy and Legislative Reform
- Senator Ed Markey, Letter to the Education Department, Oct. 22, 2013
- EPIC, Letter to Senate and House Committees on Education, Oct. 9, 2013
- EPIC, Testimony and Statement on inBloom, Inc., before the Colorado State Board of Education, May 16, 2013
- EPIC, Testimony and Statement on inBloom, Inc., before the Colorado State Board of Education, May 16, 2013
- Oklahoma Student Data Accessibility, Transparency, and Accountability Act of 2013
- State of Georgia Executive Order Protecting Student Information, May 15, 2013
- Education New York, Model State Law: Chief Privacy Officer for Education Act
- Education New York, Model State Law: Student Privacy Protection Act
Reports and Findings on Student Privacy
- Fordham CLIP, Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Schools, Dec. 13, 2013
- Harvard Law School Cyberlaw Clinic, Privacy and Children’s Data: An Overview of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Nov. 13, 2013
- Data Quality Campaign, Safeguarding Student Data: Strategies State Policymakers Can Pursue to Support Effective Data, Nov. 2013
- Common Sense Media, Why We Need Safeguards to Protect Kids’ Data, Oct. 14, 2013
- Safegov.org, Protecting Vulnerable Data Subjects: Findings from a Survey of EU Data Protection Officials on the Use of Cloud Services in Organisations, Sept. 23, 2013
- EPIC et al., Position Paper on the Use of RFID in Schools, Aug. 21, 2012
- Fordham CLIP, Children’s Education Records and Privacy: A Study of Elementary and Secondary School State Reporting Systems,Oct. 28, 2009
Student Privacy in the News
- Ann Dornfeld, State Deal to Give Media Organizations Student Data Alarms Privacy Experts, KUOW.ORG, Dec. 19, 2013
- Ariel Bogle, Study: Student Data Not Safe in the Cloud, Slate, Dec. 16, 2013
- Molly Hensley-Clancy, U.S. Schools’ Approach to Student Data Threatens Privacy: Study, Reuters, Dec. 13, 2013
- Natasha Singer, Senator Raises Questions About Protecting Student Data, New York Times, Oct. 13, 2013
- Natasha Singer, Group Presses for Safeguards on the Personal Data of Schoolchildren, New York Times, Sept. 12, 2013
- Natasha Singer, Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data, New York Times, Oct. 5, 2013
- Sam Sanders, Students Find Ways to Hack School-Issued iPads Within a Week, Northwest Public Radio, Sept. 27, 2013
- Diane Ravitch, Diane Ravitch: 3 Dubious Uses of Tech in Schools, Salon, Sept. 25, 2013
- David Kravets, Student Suspended for Refusing to Wear RFID Chip Returns to School, Wired, Aug. 22, 2013
- Todd Engdahl, Data Fears Aired Before State Board, EdNews Colorado, May 16, 2013
- Valerie Strauss, Lawsuit Charges Ed Department with Violating Student Privacy Rights, Washington Post, Mar. 13, 2013
